Japanese Today

Change and Continuity

Enlarged Edition

Edwin O. Reischauer

Marius B. Jansen

    PART ONE The Setting

    1. The Land

    2. Agriculture and Natural Resources

    3. Isolation

    PART TWO Historical Background

    4 Early Japan

    5. Feudalism

    6. Centralized Feudalism

    7. The Meiji Restoration

    8. The Constitutional System

    9. The Militarist Reaction

    10. The Occupation Reforms

    11. Post-Occupation Japan

    PART THREE Society

    12. Diversity and Change

    13. The Group

    14. Relativism

    15. Hierarchy

    16. The Individual

    17. Women

    18. Education

    19. Religion

    20. Mass Culture

    PART FOUR Government and Politics

    21 The Political Heritage

    22. The Emperor

    23. The Diet

    24. Other Organs of Government

    25. Elections

    26. Political Parties

    27. The Decision-Making Process

    28. Issues

    29 Political Style

    PART FIVE Business

    30. The Premodern Background

    31. The Prewar Economy

    32. The Postwar Economy

    33. The Employment System

    34. Business Organization

    PART SIX Japan and the World

    35. The Prewar Record

    36. Neutrality versus Alignment

    37. Trade and Economic Dependence

    38. Language

    39. Uniqueness and Internationalism

    40. Japan Today by Marius B. Jansen

    Suggested Reading

    Index

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Marius B. Jansen was Professor of Japanese History at Princeton University. He was the author of Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration.